“‘Hey, not only do we hope your team wins, but we also hope you play great. Just don’t get nine rebounds.’”
—Matthew Holt of U.S. Integrity, a company that works with professional sports leagues and college conferences to monitor for gambling improprieties, speaking on how someone might approach a player to fix a prop bet.
“Hopefully this is a temporary policy measure. China has to find a way to exit, otherwise the economic costs will be too high for the government, as well as for households and firms.”
—Zhiwei Zhang, economist, Pinpoint Asset Management, on Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, which is causing Macau casinos to accrue billions of dollars in debt.
“Tribes are running gaming and other business not to generate private profits, but to fund critically needed government services for some of the poorest and most historically marginalized communities in Washington state.”
—Rebecca George, Washington Indian Gaming Association (WIGA) executive director, commenting on reports that Indian gaming in the state contributed $6.6 billion to Washington’s economy in 2019 and $5.6 billion during the pandemic in 2020.
“We want to continue to do our part to fill those coffers, but we can no longer do so at the expense of our health. At the moment, the dispute is about 15 minutes per day of break time that the employer does not want to pay for.”
—Jean-Pierre Proulx, consultant for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, explaining the union’s reason for striking against the Montreal Casino in Quebec.
“So, we believe the government needs to go much further and actually have an outright ban on gambling advertising both online and on our broadcast media.”
—Marie Sherlock, senator of the Irish Labour Party, calling on the government to ban gambling ads as part of its proposed reforms.
